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Western Welding Academy

Western Welding Academy is a private welding trade school in Gillette, Wyoming. Current official information identifies four distinct intensive programs: Foundational, Professional, and Expert Pipe Welder tracks plus Advanced Structural Welding. Students spend most training time in welding booths on pipe or structural steel, and the advanced tracks document Stick, TIG, MIG, Flux-Core, downhill, stainless, and combination pipe work. The academy operates an AWS Accredited Testing Facility and publishes program-specific certification preparation, lengths, and total prices that include housing, tools, protective equipment, materials, and testing.

Programs Offered

Expert Pipe Welder

The academy's most comprehensive pipe-welding track provides 24 weeks and more than 960 booth hours of full-time training. Students progress through

  • Program cost: $35,800
  • Processes: MIG, TIG, Stick, Flux-Core, Pipe, Performance
  • Program Length: 24 weeks
  • AWS Prep: Available

Offered at

Main CampusGillette, WY

Foundational Pipe Welder

A 12-week beginner program with more than 480 hours of predominantly hands-on training. Students develop Stick

  • Program cost: $17,050
  • Processes: Stick, Pipe, Structural, Performance
  • GI Bill: Eligible
  • Program Length: 12 weeks
  • AWS Prep: Available

Offered at

Main CampusGillette, WY

Professional Pipe Welder

A 19-week intensive track that builds from Stick and open-root pipe welding into TIG and combination welding

  • Program cost: $27,600
  • Processes: TIG, Stick, Pipe, Performance
  • GI Bill: Eligible
  • Program Length: 19 weeks
  • AWS Prep: Available

Offered at

Main CampusGillette, WY

Advanced Structural Welding

A 12-week structural-welding program with more than 480 booth hours focused on plate, beam, and framework welding for construction, shipbuilding, and

  • Program cost: $25,800
  • Processes: Stick, Structural, Fabrication, Performance
  • Program Length: 12 weeks
  • AWS Prep: Available

Offered at

Main CampusGillette, WY

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